There will 58 events this year, one more than in 2010. The $10,000 main event will begin on Thursday, July 7th and run until July 19th, 2011, when the tournament will then be paused until November. The final table of the main event will take place from November 5-7, with ESPN providing primetime coverage on Tuesday, November 8th, 2011.
There are three new events added to the schedule:
$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship
$2,500 10-Game Mix/Six-Handed (including Badugi)
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha/Six-Handed
The popular "weekend warrior" events will continue in 2011 with $1,500 and $1,000 NLHE bracelet events each weekend. There will also be two Triple Chance tournaments on June 7th and June 29th.
Amongst the 58 events will be the championship events with a buy in of $10,000 or more:
May 31st, 2011 - Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship ($25,000)
June 3rd, 2011 - Pot Limit Hold'em Championship
June 6th, 2011 - Omaha Hi/Low Split-8 or Better Championship
June 9th, 2011 - 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship
June 12th, 2011 - Seven Card Stud Championship
June 15th, 2011 - Limit Hold'em Championship
June 18th, 2011 - Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Split-8 or Better Championship
June 21st, 2011 - HORSE Championship
June 24th, 2011 - Pot Limit Omaha Championship
June 27th, 2011 - No Limit Hold'em / Six-Handed Championship
July 2nd, 2011 - Poker Player's Championship ($50,000)
July 7th, 2011 - No Limit Hold'em Championship
"Something for everyone is the best way to describe the 2011 World Series of Poker schedule,” said WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel, who will oversee the event for the sixth consecutive year. "It’s staggering to think that last year alone the WSOP hosted nine of the 17 largest tournaments in poker history. We had 44 events produce more than a $1 million prize pool, so we can’t wait to get at it again and offer players at all levels the best poker action on the planet."
As usual, the entire convention center of the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino will be dedicated to the World Series of Poker.
Full details of the schedule can be found HERE